On not beating Jacksonville by a bigger margin.
"Every team has good players. I think we got Jacksonville's best performance. We're not doubting ourselves. I think we felt we should have beat them by maybe another touchdown. It's any given Sunday, you know."

4:04 p.m.
Desmond Moses talking about his fumble and touchdown to Newsradio 620 WTMJ's Jeff Falconio and Greg Matzek on "Packers OT":
"I didn't expect it. It was a great surprise today. That's what happens with fumbles. It could bounce anyway. I was fortunate."

3:34 p.m.
McCarthy to Larry McCarren

On the imperfect nature of the win:
"It was definitely a grind-it-out kind of victory...all wins are good wins. That's the most important. Good football teams pick it up for one another when it comes."

On just 66 yards rushing today:
"Running game is not where it needs to be. We need to improve running the football. We've got to do a better job."

On the urgency of next week's game:
"It's important for us to be 6-3 at the bye. It's non-negotiable."

4th Quarter

3:14 p.m. Jaguars' 3rd Drive :28
And Wayne delivered the most undramatic dagger call ever...but as he said, it was very reminiscent and symbolic of the game. A low style points, high productivity in the W column game.

HUGE FLAG! Middleton was guarding Jones at the 15 yard line on a bomb from Rodgers. That may took care of the first of two critical first downs to win the game.

Green. Inside the 15. Tick. Tock. 2-minute warning.

Green. One yard. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.

3rd-5 at JAX 8: Green through the air. Nothin' doin. Crosby will have to ice it. He does.

3:00 p.m. Jaguars' 2nd Drive 5:52
Jennings with an immediate first down catch to kill what would have been beautiful field position for the Packers' defense. Jones toasted in coverage.

Shorts has eight catches. Matthews held him to nine yards, but this guy has been monstrous.

Uh oh. Jennings again. A.J. Hawk missed a perfect open field tackle for a loss. Now, Jags 50 yards from the lead.

3rd-10 at 50: Biggest defensive play of the day...Gabbert to Blackmon, but again, not enough. Hayward with a fantastic open field tackle.

4th-4 at GB 44: HUGE....HUGE.

Gabbert...nearly picked! Williams nearly iced it with a pick. He may have iced it with the tipped pass.

2:56 p.m. Packers' 2nd Drive 6:59
Kickoff bounces out of bounds along the sideline. Lovely. That's called good field position. Scobee's kick means that Wayne is having the dagger delivered for a possible unsheathing this drive.

But not if Alex Green only gets two yards with a failure by the O-line.

3rd-7 at GB 43: Rodgers to Finley...and he was grounded by Middleton before the throw. Looked like it was an accidental trip, so no pink flags coming out.

Larry: "Missed opportunity."

2:40 p.m. Jaguars' 1st Drive 12:31
Green Bay 21, Jacksonville 15
Scobee 32 yd FGGabbert with forever, but great coverage forced Gabbert to throw underneath for three yards. A completion, but a win for the secnodary. Could have been much worse.

3rd-1 at GB 49: Flaggage as Gabbert bombs it for Blackmon and at the 26. Pickett humped early. No chance that Pickett gets away with offsides. Wayne: "That's the best pass Blaine Gabbert has thrown today."

WHOA! Blackmon's right toes stepped out of bounds, according to the replay. Red flag comes out, a few seconds after pink.

It's still a first down, but the offsides penalty means a first down - about 20 yards farther away from the end zone.

Wide open. Shorts. No one within 10 yards. 24 yard completion. Like I said, he looks like Raymond Berry today.

1:11 p.m. Packers' 2nd Drive 5:31
Green takes advantage of Randall Cobb clearing out defenders with his pass pattern, and Green gets a 12-yard first down. Great play design and execution.

Double-D with a catch on the left side, but pink flags away from the play. Huge ovation for the DWTS champ.

3rd-5 at GB 42: ARod deep...pink flags! Boykin was about to try to break deep to catch an otherwise thrown ball, but Harrison was too good of a physical dance partner. Holding.

This time, a slightly underthrown bomb to Finley turned into triple coverage. If it had been perfectly thrown, he beats the triple team.

3rd-10 at GB 47: Sack. Mincey tossed Rodgers down like a sack of potatoes. A really heavy sack of potatoes.

1:02 p.m. Jaguars' 3rd Drive 8:45
High tackle. House de-helmeted Blackmon. No matter how non-malfeasant the effort, that's gonna be a personal foul. Illegal contact to defenseless receiver. Though there was no action that would have led to a penalty.

Larry: "I think they're legislation some good solid football play...I think it's a mistake...(not) even close to an infraction...not allowing the game to be played as it was designed.

More pink flags agasint the Packers...Mike Neal on defensive holding.

And on the next play, Clay Matthews' blocker has a hunk-o-jersey, and no call. Ugh.

3rd-8 at GB 48: Gabbert misses his 4th straight pass. Lewis pushed off after the play, claiming McMillan was malfeasant toward him. (Man, Larry McCarren is increasing my vocabulary. He says that word all the time.)

12:50 p.m. Jaguars' 2nd Drive 10:35
Green Bay 14, Jacksonville 3
Moses punt block recovery in end zone
Shorts is owning the Packers secondary today. 43 yards. But perhaps McCarthy recognizes the secondary needs a bit of help. The ball hit the field and left Shorts' hands while Shorts rolled to the ground.

A happy ending to that play, but it shows that even Gabbert can beat the injury-decmiated Packers secondary without Woodson.

There's a run stuff when you need it! McMillan sprinted in from the secondary to smash Jennings running through the hole.

WILLIAMS! Just missed a pick-6 as he slashed in front of Thomas on a sideline pattern.

3rd-9 at JAX 37: Gabbert deep...nope. Lewis ain't gonna catch those one-handers over the middle when M.D. Jennings is ready to decapitate you.

12:24 p.m. Packers' 2nd Drive 8:23Green Bay 7, Jacksonville 3
Rodgers-Cobb 5 yd TD pass
Jones with the first reception of the day by a Packer. 12 yards. Comeback pattern. Middleton has no chance in that matchup.

Green with a draw play. A couple skitter steps by Green as he waited for a hole. Really, he was skittering while deciding which of about three holes he could have picked from.

3rd-2 at JAX 49: Rodgers himself. Sliding. Ryan Braun must have teached him some sliding tricks. Much safer than getting hammered.

Green. Screen. Mean. A machine. First down. Doesn't rhyme. But the play works. 12 yards.

Green. Sweep. Sweet. Seven yards. Lombardi-like. Effective.

FINLEY! Great catch. Goal to go. THAT'S what they pay you for. More screaming than normal for that play because of all the drops he's had. Fans yelling "THAT'S it!"

3rd-8 at GB 22: Gabbert smashed as the football left, and McMillan got a tip to stop the pass. Matthews got away with a hit to the head of Gabbert, but holding before then on the guy trying to stop Matthews from beheading the QB.

Interestingly, they replay the down. Drive them out of field goal range?

Gabbert with forever...complete. Thomas at the 21. Not a first down, but a failure to stop a possible field goal.

12:11 p.m. Packers' 1st Drive 12:40
The Packers start 78 yards from the end zone, and the lead.

First Packers offensive play: Alex Green smashes for two yards. Only Gale Sayers or Barry Sanders could have found more yardage on that play.

3rd-8 at GB 24: In no huddle - a football blogger's nightmare, by the way - Rodgers misses Green on one of those useless short throws which would not have gained a first down if completed.

It's the kind of offensive start that leads me to fear even more the kind of trap game that this could be, especially with what seems like half the starting lineup on the bench with injuries.

12:05 p.m. Jaguars' 1st Drive 15:00 left in 1st quarter
This is the first game where we're really seeing the effect of the new south end zone upper deck and the shadows they produce. Wonder how many balls may be dropped because of that during noon games?

From the 19, Gabbert bootlegs on the game's first play. Key pass. 15 yards. Good play design.

3rd-4 at JAX 40: SACK TIME! Brad Jones! Great to see the much-maligned often-backup make a play. Great delayed blitz.

12:03 p.m.
Coin toss time...Carl Jeffers the head guy in pinstripes. His flip is tails after a Jaguars call of heads. Packers will defer. GAME TIME!

Pregame

11:27 a.m.
Mike McCarthy to Wayne Larrivee:

About noon games at Lambeau:
"Best games ever. Nothing like a noon game at home. Smells like football. Feels like football. Lambeau Field is such a special place."

About not having Charles Woodson in the lineup:
"Charles Woodson, you're talking about an impactful player the whole time in Green Bay. With that, you have to have to move on and play the next group of players to their strengths. It's a foolish mindset to say 'We need to replace Charles.' "

On ruling out Jordy Nelson for today's game following his warmup:
"He's just not quite ready."

Will doctors have to add Jordy Nelson's name to that list? Perhaps. Doctors will analyze Nelson's ability to play right before game time.

If not, there's plenty of wide receiver depth to pick up the slack, particularly including veterans James Jones, the not-so-often-utilized Donald Driver, Randall Cobb and a guy who could get some series action, Jarrett Boykin.

"Every Thursday, Aaron Rodgers and I have a meeting, sit down and review the whole game plan after everything is done," explained McCarthy.

"Jarrett came walking through and wanted to visit with Aaron, to make sure he was on the same page with him. It's always interesting to see young players put in the extra time and do the little things when the opportunity comes about."

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